tomorrow, secretary of state kerry and defense secretary hagel will meet here in washington with their russian counterparts. be sure of one topic of conversation will be edward snowden's asylum. savannah? >> andrea mitchell, thank you. >>> robert gibbs, top adviser to the president, good morning to you. >> good morning, savannah. >> what's your take on this, was this cancellation a face-saving move by the u.s., or does it really demonstrate more significant rift between the two countries? >> i think the administration believes that the president wouldn't be productive in moscow. this was a relationship that was good for the country and good for the world for four years. we got reductions in nuclear arms, cooperation on iran and north korea, and help in supply routes in afghanistan. since putin has arrived back on the scene as the president in charge, the relationship just hasn't borne much fruit. >> let me ask you about that. senator of schumer of new york was blunt about it saying that putin goes out of his way to stick the knife into the u.s. do you agree? is it personal? >> i don't